Holder for calendars, etc.



H. E. Aus'fl HOLDER FOR CALENDARS, ETC

Filed Sept. 14. 1923 Patented Dec. 16, 19234.

STATES HARRY E. AUSTIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HOLDER FOB CALENDARS, ETC.

Application filed. September 14, 1923. Serial No. 662,670.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY E. AUSTIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders for Calendars, Etc, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to a device adapted for holding loose sheets, strips, or cards. The improved device is well adapted for holding a pad of loose calendar sheets, but it may be employed for analogous purposes, such as for holding shipping orders, shop orders, etc.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a simple and cheap device which is thoroughly adapted to its purpose, the retaining device of which can be readily removed from or attached to the supporting base, thus enabling the pad of loose sheets to be removed or renewedat will.

The invention is illustrated in the preferred embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which- Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of the improved holder equipped with a calendar pad; Fig. 2 a perspective view of the calendar pad removed; Fig. 3 a perspective view of the retaining device of the holder; Fig. 4 a top perspective view of the base of the holder; Fig. 5 a bottom perspective view of said base; Fig. 6 a vertical, longitudinal, sectional view of the holder; and Fig. 7 a transverse vertical section taken as indicated at line 7 of Fig. 6.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a base; B a self-clamping retaining device mounted on said base; and C a stack of loose sheets, such as a calendar pad, engaged by the retainer B.

In the form shown, the base A comprises simply an elongated flat plate. This base may be of any suitable shape, however; and it may be made of wood, glass, porcelain, or any other suitable material.

The retainer B is formed of a strip or length of resilient material, and preferably a length of fairly heavy gauge wire is employed. Brass or bronze wire is well suited to the purpose. The retainer B comprises a shank 1 which clampingly engages the base A, and arches 2 which form an extension of the shank and which rise from the base. In the illustration given, the arches are di p se t right angle to the ank? In forming the retainer B, the wire is first bent to form a loop 1 and the loop 1 is then bent into substantially a U-form clamp having the upper members 1 the lower adapted to receive the top members l of the wire; at one end with the vertical grooves 3 adapted to receive the end members 1 of the wire; and on the lower side with a longitudinal recess 3 adapted to receive the clamping tongue which comprises the lower members 1 and the connecting Web 1 of the loop. At the upper side, the base is provided with keepers 4 which are in the form of perforations adapted to be engaged by the extremities 2 of the Wire arches. In the illustration given, the upper grooves 3 are extended to intersect the upper ends of the perforations 4, but it will be understood that it is unnecessary that the grooves 3 should be of greater length than the top members 1 of the loopform shank of the wire retainer.

While the clamping shank of the wire retainer is approximately of U-form, it will be understood from Figs. 3 and 6, that the tongue portion ofthe loop is initially sprung upwardly somewhat, as illustrated in Fig. 3, so that a good clamping action will be obtained when the U-form shank is forced over the end portion of the base B which receives it.

In assembling the device, the sheets forming the pad may be caused to engage the arches, and the pad may rest upon the upper members 1 of the clamping shank. The clamping shank may then be forced onto the base plate in proper position, the tongue portion of the loop of the shank entering the recess 3", while the members l engage the grooves 8 and the members 1 engage the grooves 3 The members 1 will springupwardly sufliciently to enable the extremities 2 of the arches to ride along the grooves 3 and finally enter the keepers, or sockets, 4-. In effect, the base plate is provided with a socket suitably shaped to receive the various members of the wire retainer, and such a socket ak n n c nn ction wi h e a p g action, effectually anchors the wire retainer in position. It will be understood that the extremities 2 of the arches depend a sufficient distance below the plane of the top members 1" of the clamping loop to enable said extremities to enter the sockets a to a suflicient depth to prevent any possibility of accidental dislodgment of the retainer.

The device described is simple, inexpensive, and may be readily assembled or disassembled. By employing self clamping retainer of the nature described, the base may, if -*desii-'ecl, be made up of brittle niaterial such as glass or porcelain; and it I i be understood that any desirable color or ornamentation may be given to the base. Moreever,'tlie retainer may be removed and "applied with great facility, -thns enabling the calendar pad, or stash of lease sheets,

to be changed at will.

The foregoing detailed description has "been given for el'earn'ess "of :nlndersinndiirg only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should "be construed as broadly as pemni'ssible in view "of the prior art.

What I regard as 'rneiv, and desire to -cnre @etters Patent, is:

1.- A- devi ce ofthe character set forth C0131 prisin an elongated rigid base, and a retaining 'c le vice c'lampi rrgly mounted thereon coniprising a resilient Wire 'm'ember hav'mg an elongated le'opfoiun shank bent upon :it-

self and slid-able 1*lorigatu'dina v y "with respect to said base to elanm an end portion of time base i between the "upper and lower members of said shank, the upper lllQiHllF-IQTS of said shank ha ving for'med integrally there- With arches upstanding from the base at substantial distance from the "end of the b ase which is clamped by ssaidisharrk, Whereby the portion o'fthe loaseWliioh is clarnped by said Shari-1k will-iserve'te support a calenidar pad.

2. device of' thecharacter. set forthcomprising a base provided at its upper surface with longitudinal grooves and at its lower surface With a longitudinal recess, and a retaining device comprising a resilient Wire having a loop-form shank bent upon itself and --clan 1;pingly engaging said base and Withdrawable therefrom by movement longitudin-ally of the base, the upper members of the loop engaging said longitudinal grooves, and the tongue of the loop engaging said lower recess, said retaining device having arches foia'ning extensions of the upper member s -o f said loop and upstanding from said base.

Adevice of the-character set forth comprising a base vprovided at its upper surface with longitudinal grooves and With soelre tholes and provided at its lower surface with a recess, a Wire retaining devise having a loopfiorm shank bent upon itself and cilampingly engaging said base and having arches forming extensions of thenpp'er vanemibers of said shank and upstanding from said base, the free extremitiescf saidarches engaging the socket-holes, "the upper members of said shank engaging :said ion'gitudin'al grooves, and the tongue of said shank engaging said iowe'r recess, said device being capable of benig applied to and removed from the-base 'byionfgitudinal movement with respect fto therioase.

A device 10f the character set forth oompirising .a base, and a retaining device clampingly mounted thereon comprising :a resili v ient Wire having an :elangated sloop-form -shairk fbent upon itself and clampingly engaging one-endportionaof said ioaseand having arch-form extensions :of the members of said loop -upetending from said base 1211, :an intermediate portion thereof, the free extrenfiities of the members- 0f said arches engaging aec'esses with which "said :base is f-equipped at an intermediate portion.

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